Jing Lan asked me, "After all, is it that I don't regard him as a father, or does he not regard me as a prince?"

I couldn't refute this, he saw me speechless, and smiled again, "Do you think I came back because I regretted it and fell in love with the throne again? You know, in those years, Qiluo followed I have suffered too much outside. I am full of financial resources, but when I am in the folk, I have encountered obstacles everywhere. Although I don’t eat three meals a day, it is inevitable that I will rush to make a living... But even so, I never thought of going back to the original. s position……"

"Then...why..."

"Until Qiluo became seriously ill." Jing Lan took a deep breath and said, "I sold all my belongings and couldn't heal her. When I was desperate, I thought of going back and begging the emperor, so I took Qiluo to the emperor. In front of the city, I asked an old friend from the court to tell my father and emperor about my intentions, but I was turned away. I could only wait until the third day, when he sent someone to give me five hundred taels of silver to send me. Leaving...but that night, Qiluo...couldn't make it through..." His hands trembled slightly, "If...if he would come to see me earlier, even if the imperial physician in the palace treats Qiluo earlier. , Qiluo won't die! It's him! He killed Qiluo!"

The lamp on the table flickered, and I felt a hint of coolness, Jing Lan said: "Since then, I finally understand that in this world, if you don't have power in your hands, you can't do anything at all, even...even the most beloved. No one can save..."

My heart trembled slightly, and he said, "You are different from me. When you eloped with Song Langsheng, your father and emperor paved the way for you, and you had money and nobles to help you, and you could buy a house at any time to live a comfortable life. …”

I looked at him in shock, "You...you know where we are?"

"You have used so many contacts, how can I not find out..." He laughed at himself, "You want to live a clean life, why should I bother you... I thought, at least you won't stop me... …”

I held the corner of my clothes tightly, "Brother, the Forgetting Soul Powder you put on me didn't kill me, it's enough to see that you still treat me as a younger sister, but why did you kill Jing Yan? Heart...he is after all—"

"Some things are done, so what's the point of talking about them now?" Jing Lan interrupted me casually, "Do you think I'm talking so much with you because I want to win your sympathy? No, I I only regret that there was still a little hesitation at the beginning, whether it was for you or Jingyan, in the end, I still lost to the so-called Yi Nian Zhi Ren!" He slightly raised his head and glanced at me, "This is the point, do you think I will still be there? Tell you where the Queen Mother is hiding?"

I was silent for a long time, "You are always cautious and don't trust others, so how could you put the Queen Mother at ease and take care of outsiders? During Jing Yan's serious illness, you seldom left the palace, and most of the Queen Mother was under house arrest by someone in the palace. I don’t believe that I can’t find any clues if I searched the palace.” I slowly got up and watched his face turn pale little by little, “I only came here to ask for an answer, I didn’t come to find out the whereabouts of the Queen Mother. of."

Seeing my departure, he took a step forward, "If the queen mother returns safely, do you think she will allow you to live safely in this world?"

He dragged the chain between his legs, put his hands on the wooden fence, and said coldly, "Royal father is gone, Jingyan is gone, and even your princess honored pet no longer exists... You know it well in your heart. Very, at this point today, if you can't be selfish once, you will be hopeless with him in this life..."

I didn't expect him to suddenly mention this to me, and my heart was suddenly empty, "You..."

His inky pupils reflected the jumping candlelight, "I lost, but I didn't lose to Jing Yan, nor to my father, nor to Song Langsheng. I lost to God, It was God who gave me such a destiny that was doomed from birth. So do you... little girl."

He called my little sister.

I felt my shoulders tremble slightly.

I think this is the terrible part of fate. If the elder brother is really the father's biological prince, maybe everyone's ending today will be very good.

"Go to rest early..." My eyes were filled with mist, and when I turned to leave, I heard my deep voice, "Thank you. Big brother."

The next day, the Dali Temple chief came to tell me that the queen mother was really hidden in the cellar of Gyeongbokgung Palace. Although she had been in a coma for two days, the imperial doctor said that there was no danger of her life. day to recover.

I smiled and said, "That's great, you can get promoted again."

He scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "Thanks to your reminder... It's just that you didn't let me tell them..."

To say or not to say, what is the difference.

At most, I added a credit to my death sentence and changed it to life imprisonment. It is better to give more opportunities to promising young people, and it is also considered to have repaid him the grace of so many delicious meals.

Originally, I had a contract with this little brother, and I planned to say goodbye to him before leaving. Unexpectedly, that night, I was quietly taken out of Dali Temple by a group of people who seemed to be unknown.

Under normal circumstances, the person who can take a death row out of the Heavenly Prison is either a prisoner or someone who uses his power for personal gain. Considering that it is impossible for a prisoner to be silent, just when I was sent to the carriage by this group of people in a confused way, Basically, you can tell who wrote it.

When the carriage slowly stopped and I lifted the curtain and saw the mansion in front of me, I suddenly felt that time had changed.

Princess Xiangyi's mansion.

The people on the carriage didn't keep up. I pushed open the mansion door, and my palm touched a thin layer of ash. I thought, if Uncle Liu was still there, he would definitely not tolerate the dignified princess's mansion door not being polished brightly.

The night was freezing cold to the bone, and I slowly walked into the mansion. There used to be a cluster of flowers here, and the courtyard was full of roses and begonias. Now, there is only one lake with water, and the cold moon follows the waves. All pride and prosperity are annihilated and silent.

Life is so fickle, I inexplicably think of that year when he was dazed and taken into the palace and said to him arrogantly: "Now that the wood has been made and the rice has been cooked, Song Langsheng, you should be the consort, and you should be the consort."

At that time, the sky was high, the clouds were wide, the flowers were thick, and we were all ignorant and fearless.

Under the steps, the bluestones spread into a narrow road, along the veranda all the way to the inner courtyard. On this path that used to be the only way to return to the house with the concubine, the green vines spread and hang down, which was newly planted after the mansion was destroyed.

At that time, when the concubine set off on an expedition, I didn't know my own background. I just wanted to plant it well so that when he returned home, he could see the vitality of this place.

Unexpectedly, we never came back after that.

I walked and walked, stopped, and my eyes fell on the green tree at the end of the trail.

The silver light was scattered, and the silhouette under the tree that I was all too familiar with, at this moment, was also extremely unfamiliar.

Song Langsheng heard the footsteps, suddenly turned around, and before I could react, his body tightened, and he was forced into his arms.

The warm breath is still the same, the embrace is still the same, it is still deeply immersing, addictive, and irreversible.

The cool breeze was mixed with the smell of rough wood and his hoarse voice: "I shouldn't have left you alone in the prison for so long."

Tears welled up in my eyes, I held it for so long, I almost couldn't stop it, I was speechless, he thought I was still annoyed at him and wanted to wipe my tears for me, but it was still in the air, "A Tang, What I said in Yanfu Palace...is not..."

"I know, if you don't make this easy with Jing Lan, how can he allow you to enter the palace, how can you restore the situation if you don't enter the palace, and you don't follow the trend, how can I be with you at this time? See you," I stopped him, looking up and wiping my tears, "Look, I'm so smart, how could I possibly misunderstand you for such a thing."

"Atang...I..."

I asked: "In that year, you rescued me from the fire in Chenjia Village. After we returned to the palace, we were very close, but it didn't take long for you to alienate me. No matter how much I asked, you turned a deaf ear. You were in front of the father's palace. Kneeling all night, I wanted to accompany you, but you abandoned me again, did you know everything at that time?"

Song Langsheng was silent for a moment, "At that time, the emperor... Father Huang saw that I was unwilling to cooperate and sneak in among the henchmen of the old dynasty, and in a fit of rage, he told me about you and me... He told me that my true The identity is the prince of Daqing, not the heir of the previous dynasty at all... At that time I couldn't accept it, he gave me a second choice, if I was stubborn, he would make you and me public, I..."

So, no matter how much I begged and how misunderstood, he was reluctant to give any explanation.

He has endured everything and concealed everything. He just hopes that I can always be that Xiangyi, the favored daughter of the emperor, the princess who is high in the eyes of Wanmin, and never have to know this cruel truth.

Just how many things in this world can really be fulfilled?

I asked, "Have you already known about His Royal Highness's imperial decree?"

He nodded lightly, "He has always been worried about Jing Yan's condition. If something happens, he hopes that I can turn the tide..."

I looked up at him, "Why did you never mention these words to me?"

He paused, "At that time, Jing Yan's physical condition was better than expected, and he was even more considerate when it came to rectifying the army and handling government affairs. I knew he could take on this important task, so I felt relieved and chose to leave with you... "

I murmured to interrupt him: "At that time, as long as you told me, I will never let you take me away from the barracks... You know me, I have never been a person who ignores the overall situation..."

Song Langsheng looked at me quietly, his eyes were still clear even in such a dark night, "You have always wronged yourself...Atang, I only want to see you live your life without any concern for anything. Trapped..."

My heart trembled.

What a wonderful wish to be free from anything.

But there is suffering everywhere in the mortal world, and who can truly live recklessly? When I didn't know the truth, I was still able to do whatever I wanted among the people, but at that time, Song Langsheng, could he really let go of everything and pick up the fence with a clear conscience?

If this is the case, how could he easily escape from the prison in Guangling and rush back to the capital?

I didn't speak, Song Langsheng didn't continue to speak, the surroundings were very quiet, I looked around a little and asked, "You picked me up from the prison in the middle of the night, I'm afraid there is another 'Xiao Qitang' in the prison now. 'Did you take it for me?"

He was slightly startled, nodded and said, "I really don't want you to continue to be in prison. Right now, that's the only way to do it first, but as long as you give me some time, I will find a way to forgive you."

I shook my head and said, "In the years when I was in power, those who the father could not justly protect or who wanted to kill, which of them didn't secretly order people to fabricate evidence through my hands to achieve their goals? Even at that time, the impeachment reports in the court were never interrupted, but most of the elders in the court could guess the inseparable relationship with the father and the emperor, how could they really open it up? , not to mention the old hatred in the past, the emperor and the courtier have all changed to the third generation. You can see that there is a big change between the important ministers in the court and the father and emperor? This group of clan members has long been tied together , they won't let Jingyan shake them, and naturally they won't be willing to let you shake it. The so-called knocking the mountain and shaking the tiger, this time, they dealt with me like this on the surface, but they are actually testing you. If you want to rectify my name, then in the next step, you can completely shake their foundation - will they allow you to be their emperor? Before you fully grasp the military power, you must not take this risk for me again, otherwise, you can't save me, and you can't even save yourself."